Time Warner Cable Releases Live TV App for iPhone

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Time Warner Cable last night announced that its live TV app is now available for the iPhone.

Users with an Apple smartphone running iOS 4.3 or higher can download the TWC TV app from the App Store and tap in to live TV provided they have a broadband connection (and TWC service, of course). It will work within the home, allowing you to watch one channel on the iPhone while someone else watches a different show on the TV.

With the app installed, users can also access an interactive program guide with up to seven days of TV listings, or search for specific shows. A DVR management tool will let users view upcoming DVR recordings as well as edit or add more shows. Tapping "watch on TV," meanwhile will bring up that channel on your TV.

Time Warner Cable launched an live TV iPad app in March 2011. Its release, however, prompted concern from content holders, who argued that Time Warner wasn't licensed to stream their content. Time Warner argued that the iPad app was simply like having another TV in the house and, since the content did not stream over the Internet, it was not a violation of the companies' content deals. Viacom however, ended up taking Time Warner Cable to court over the issue, though that case was resolved in August.

Last month, Time Warner Cable released a TWC TV app for Android phones and tablets, though it did not include live TV. The cable provider promised live TV access with the expanded rollout of Ice Cream Sandwich, however.

Also last month, Time Warner Cable signed a deal to provide its customers with access to HBO GO, the streaming service from the popular cable channel.

Chloe Albanesius has been with PCMag.com since April 2007, most recently as Executive Editor for News and Features. Prior to that, she worked for a year covering financial IT on Wall Street for Incisive Media. From 2002 to 2005, Chloe covered technology policy for The National Journal's Technology Daily in Washington, DC. She has held internships at NBC's Meet the Press, washingtonpost.com, the Tate Gallery press office in London, Roll Call, and Congressional Quarterly. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from American University...
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